Given name
Rikke
“a powerful ruler”
Rikke is a variant of Rick. In English use, Rick carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rikke is a variant of Rick. In English use, Rick carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Norwegian usage, Rikke is a short form of FREDERIKKE. In Danish usage, Rikke is a feminine form of Frederik.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rikke through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 1966. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rikke’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Rikke is a short form of FREDERIKKE. In Danish usage, Rikke is a feminine form of Frederik. Rikke has a related form in Rick.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rikke
- Rikke Møller PedersenDanish swimmerborn 1989
- Rikke SkovDanish handball playerborn 1980
- Rikke Petersen-SchmidtDanish handball playerborn 1975
- Rikke HørlykkeDanish handball playerborn 1976
- Rikke IversenDanish handball playerborn 1993
- Rikke SeveckeDanish association football playerborn 1996
- Rikke MadsenDanish association football playerborn 1997
- Rikke GranlundNorwegian handball goalkeeperborn 1989
- Rikke KarlssonDanish politicianborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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